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Tick risk in Montgomery County, Virginia
Montgomery County covers 10 towns. Its CDC Lyme rate of 61 cases per 100,000 people a year ranks in the top 13% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease. CDC surveillance lists Deer tick, American dog tick, and Lone star tick as established here. Pick your town below for today's score, a 7-day outlook, and what's driving it.
Highest and lowest tick risk in Montgomery County
Peak-season modeled risk. Tick risk is local, even within one county.
At the summer peak, tick risk across Montgomery County runs from Plum Creek (moderate) at the high end to Riner (moderate) at the low end. The difference is habitat: forest cover across the county ranges from 18% to 74%, and more forest and woodland edge means more places ticks can quest for a host.
- Plum CreekModerate risk
- EllistonModerate risk
- MerrimacModerate risk
- LafayetteModerate risk
- ChristiansburgModerate risk
Tick species in Montgomery County
CDC county surveillance (established or reported)
- Deer tickEstablished
- American dog tickEstablished
- Lone star tickEstablished
- Gulf Coast tickNot established
Established in this county for the deer tick, the main Lyme carrier. “Not established” means no CDC surveillance record for Montgomery County, not that a town is tick free. Source: CDC tick surveillance (ArboNET Tick Module), 2025.
Diseases found in local ticks
Pathogens detected in ticks tested from Montgomery County (CDC tick-testing surveillance, 2025). This lists what has been found, not how common it is.
Tick control in Montgomery County, VA
Professional tick control across Montgomery County usually means a barrier treatment along the lawn edge, leaf litter, stone walls, and shady borders where ticks wait for a host, applied two to four times a season by a licensed pest control company. It is the single most effective way to cut tick numbers in the part of the yard your family actually uses, and it matters most in Montgomery County's more wooded towns.
How much does tick control cost in Montgomery County?
Most Montgomery County homeowners pay about $100 to $200 per visit for professional tick spraying, or roughly $350 to $600 for a full season of barrier treatments, depending on lot size and how wooded the property is. Quotes are free, so it costs nothing to get a real number for your yard.
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Common questions about ticks in Montgomery County
Which towns in Montgomery County have the highest tick risk?
At the summer peak, Plum Creek carries the highest modeled tick risk in Montgomery County, followed by Elliston, Merrimac, Lafayette, Christiansburg. Risk tracks how wooded a town is: forest cover across Montgomery County ranges from 18% to 74%, and the more forest and woodland edge a town has, the more habitat ticks have to quest from. Riner sits at the low end. Every town has its own daily score, so check the one nearest you.
What ticks live in Montgomery County?
CDC surveillance records 3 established tick species in Montgomery County: Deer tick, American dog tick, Lone star tick. The lone star tick is the tick most responsible for human bites here, and its bite causes alpha-gal syndrome; the blacklegged (deer) tick, the main Lyme carrier, is a minor factor this far south. "Not established" for a species means there is no CDC surveillance record for the county, not that the tick is absent.
Is Lyme disease common in Montgomery County?
Montgomery County reports about 61 Lyme cases per 100,000 people a year (U.S. CDC), in the top 13% of U.S. counties for reported Lyme disease (the 18th-highest of Virginia's 132 counties). Lyme is a smaller factor here than in the Northeast, but TickZone still uses this county rate as part of the disease baseline behind every town's score, alongside local lone-star tick pressure.
Does Montgomery County have lone star ticks that cause alpha-gal syndrome?
Yes. The lone star tick is established in Montgomery County and is the tick most responsible for human bites in the county. Its bite can trigger alpha-gal syndrome, a delayed allergy to red meat and other mammal products, along with ehrlichiosis and STARI. Learn the symptoms and what foods to avoid.
All towns in Montgomery County
Tick risk is local. Pick the town nearest you.